Rotary conveyer.



A. H. KOEPP.

ROTARY GONVEYER.

APPLIGATIOH FILED JAN. 16, 1913.

1,124,145. Patented Jan.5,1915.

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awuewtom A. H. KOEPP.

ROTARY CONVEYER.

AlPLIUA'ii-Ull ILLED JAN. 10. 1913.

Patented J an. 5, 1915.

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" f V C9 iljilli' a?) ALBERT EAERY KOEPIP, SAN DZEG'Q, CALIFQENIA.

ROTARY CQNV 1 1124 314 specification oi Letters Eatent. Fg -figgmtqgfl J 5, 1%? 15 Application filed January 3.8, 191275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. Konrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Conveyors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements 111 conveyor mechanism and has particular reference to a rotary conveyer which 1s adapted to receive bottles from a bottling inachine and transfer the same to a crowning machine in an expeditious and continuous manner.

An important object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which will be a labor saving device inasmuch as it is not necessary to handle or touch the bottles in the course of the operation of the machine.

Another object of my invention is to provide a machine of the character described which will be of few parts and reliable in its operation.

@ther objects and advantages will appear in the course of the following description. in the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate lik parts throughout the same: I 1' s plan view of my entire device, Fig. vertical sectional view, Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. and Fig. i is .1 view of one of the carrier arms.

in the drawin s wherein for the purpose of iilustration Il avc shown a preferred cinhodinient of my invention. the numeral 1 designates an inclined chute which adapted to receive filled bottles from the bottling mechanism 2. it is not thought to be necessary for the applicant to show a hottling machine, and he has shown a circle in plan and numbered the same 2 to more clearly 2 deta illustrate the manner in whichhis device is used.

The inclined chute l is provided with side walls at and 5 which converge toward the delivery end thereof. Attached to one of the walls 4 is a gate 6 which is adapted to open and shut the delivery end of the chute 1, by means of a lever 7 attached to the back of the gate 6. Disposed near the entrance end of'the chute 1 upon the outer face of the wall 4- is a catch arrangement 8 which engages notches 9 in the free end of the fierial 2 0. 742,433.

lever 71 to hold the same in a fixed position so that the valve is kept open to allow hottles to pass therefrom.

The delivery end of the chute 1 is arranged upon a table 10 which is provided with upstanding guide members 11 and 12 to guide the bottles from the chute l to the rotatable conveyor 13. An opening 1a is formed in the table 10 and is adapted to receive the rotatable conveyer 13 which is mounted. upon a vertical shaft 14:. This rotatable conveyer 13 comprises upper and lower disks 15 and 16. The lower disk 15 is adapted to fit within the opening 14: of the table 10 and is flush with the surface thereof. Vertically disposed between the disks 1;") and 16 of the rotatable conveyor 13 and near the edge thereof are a plurality of vertically arranged spaced posts 17. The posts 17 are pivoted to the upper and lower disks 15 and 16 as shown at 18 and are provided near their centers with curved radial arms or what shall be hereinafter referred to as carrier arms 19 which extend in one direction. and. are arranged one above the other. These carrier arms 19 are provided with extension pieces 20 that are adjustahly secured thereto by a set screw 21. These carrier arms are adapted to nearly encircle the bottles and hold them. and by adjust them they may be fitted. to bottles of different size to suit.

ilntending in an opposite direction from the carrier arms 19 and rigidly secured near thetop of the posts 17 are small curved pins 22 which engage a tripper arm 23 that is lined in an angular position upon the table 10 as shown at 24. Coiled springs 25 are arranged atthe bases 25 of the posts 17 and hold them with the arms 19 in a position so that they will receive the bottles from the bottling machine through the inclined chute l as they slide upon the rotatable conveyor 13. An opening 27 is formed in the table 10 near the rotatable conveyer l3 and is flush with the surface of the table 10. An

upstanding guide member 81 is arranged uponthe table 10 near the edge of the disk 28 at a point where the bottles are transferred from the rotatable carrier 13 to the hottle receiving disk 28. This guide con- Mitt . the lower end of the shaft 30 is a cog wheel end 32 beneath the table 10 with a cog wheel 33 and a pulley 3& driven by a belt from any suitable source of power. Disposed upon 35 suitably geared to the cog 33 as shown at 36 to impart a rotary motion thereto in a reverse direction from the movement of the shaft 1 1. Arranged upon the table 10 at one end thereof is an ejector 38. This ejector 38 comprises two upstanding members 39 and 40 which are rigidly attached to the table 10 and extend inwardly over the surface of the bottle receiving disk 28 to a point near its center and extend outwardly beyond the surface of the table 10.

In operation the bottles pass fromthe bottling machine 2 into the chute 1 through the gate 6 which is opened by the operator and slide upon the rotatable conveyer .13 into the carrier arms 19 of the posts 17. The springs 25 hold the posts 17 with the carrier arms 19 in such a position that thebottles slide into them and are carried by the rotation of the conveyer 13 in the same position until the pins 22 upon the posts 17 which are in a position to engage the tripper arm 23 do so. This action forces the bottles from the carrier arms 19 upon the bottle receiving disk 28. After the pins 22 of the posts 17 move out of engagement with the tripper arm 23 the action of the springs 25 forces them back into a position suited to receive another bottle as the conveyer 13 continues to rotate and as it passes the chute 1. The movement of the two rotatable elements is so timed that as thecarrier arms 19 force the bottles outwardly the cut out portion 29 of the bottle receiving disk 28 is opposite the bottle in its outwardly extended position to receive the same and convey "it to a point in the retation of the disk 28 where it is to be crowned and thence removed from the disk 28 by the ejector 33.

The applicant has not shown in the draw ings a crowning machine as any type may be used with his device but has described it in connection with the rotatable conveyer so that its operation may be more clearly pointed out.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that certain changes in the shape, size and arrangement of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a rotatable conveyer, an upper and a lower disk, vertical posts journaled in said disks, a plurality of carrier arms and a pin mounted on each of said posts, and a tripper arm mounted adjacent to said conveyer and adapted to engage said pins.

2. A rotatable conveyer. consisting of a vertical shaft, an upper and a lower solid disk spaced apart on said shaft, posts spaced apart and j ournaled in said upper and lower disks, each of said postshaving mounted thereon a pin near its upper end and a plurality of carrier arms, and a spring at its base secured to said lower disk, a tripper arm to engage said pin, and means for operating said shaft.

3. A rotatable conveyer consisting of a vertical shaft, an upper and a lower solid disk spaced apart on said shaft, posts spaced apart and journaled in saidupper and lower disks, each of said posts having mounted thereon a curved pin near its upper'end and a plurality of extensible carrier arms, and a spring at its base secured to said lower disk and-a tripper arm to engage said pin, an means for operating said shaft.

4. In a device of the character described, solid upper and lower disks, posts mounted between said disks, a plurality of carrier arms and a pin mounted on each of said posts, and a tripper arm mounted adjacent said conveyer and adapted to engage said pins for automatically releasing said carrier arms, and means for rotating said conveyer.

5. A rotatable conveyer comprising a vertical shaft, upper and lower disks mounted on said shaft and spaced apart,-article holding devices pivotally mounted between said disks and carrying a plurality of article engaging arms, pins carried at the tops of said pivotally mounted article holding devices, a tripper to engage said pins to transfer the articles fromthe conveyer, and springs to move the article holding devices to their normal positions.

6. A rotary conveyer to convey articles comprising a vertical shaft, an upper disk and a lower solid disk mounted upon said shaft and spaced apart from each other, posts mounted between said disks, a curved pin and a plurality of carrier arms on each of said posts, a spring at the base of each arms and projecting beyond the edges of the disks, and means carried by each one of the ing removable for the adjustment and inserdisks to normally prevent said posts from tion of new holding devices. 10 rotating. In testimony whereof I hereto affix my 8. In a rotatable conveyer for passing botsignature in the presence of two witnesses. l'. tles, a revoluble shaft, an upper disk and a ALBERT HARRY KOEPP.

solid lower disk mounted on said shaft, said WVitnesses: disks being spaced apart and provided with N. A. HOLGQMB, bottle holding devices, said upper disk be- 0. G. HOPKINS.

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Washington, D. 0. 

